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The scene at Pier 13 was a homecoming in reverse. Usually, it's the ship that returns after months away, bringing home sailors, eager to resume lives on land, their rucksacks bulging with purchases from foreign ports.
Even as its navy has announced it wants to procure six air independent propulsion (AIP) submarines for $11 billion, India's defense minister said that the Defense Research and Development Organization is developing such technology itself.
Russia will send a flotilla of warships led by its only aircraft carrier to its naval base in Syria for a port call next year amid tensions with the West over the Syrian crisis, a report said Nov. 28.
Northrop Grumman has flown the U.S. Navy's second of two X-47B unmanned combat air system demonstrators at Edwards AFB in California. Air vehicle 2 completed the 29-minute flight on November 22.
Japan's foreign minister is promising Okinawans that Tokyo will press Washington to give Japanese authorities more jurisdiction over U.S. forces on the island.
The Navy’s first composite squadron equipped with manned and unmanned rotary-wing aircraft for expeditionary missions will take root in San Diego next year.
Behind the hype of China-Pakistan joint maneuvers, the relationship is as transactional as any other, as China competes with Pakistan's arch-rival for Asian dominance. And it is far from easy to decipher.
A smaller share of Americans serve in the armed forces than at any time since the era between World War I and World War II, a new low that has led to a growing gap, a survey says.